Tumbhi

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Tumbhi
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Area servedWorldwide
Owner Nihilent
Key peopleLC Singh
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LaunchedAugust 2010

Tumbhi (Meaning in English: "You too") was an online community for artists and art lovers. Tumbhi provided a platform to discover, nurture and leverage talent. [1]

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Origin

Brainchild of Mr LC Singh, Tumbhi was launched on 31 August 2010 [2] by Anurag Kashyap, Pankuj Parashar, Kalki, Javed Siddiqui, Sameer, Om Katare, Nirav Shah, Uday Singh and Neeraj Roy. [3] Well-known personalities like Irshad Kamil have joined hands with Tumbhi. Apart from a main website for 8 art categories, Tumbhi offers separate websites for Photographers , [4] Writers and Short Films.

In February 2013, Tumbhi launched Ehsaas, an eBook of love poems and sketches. [5] The love poems and sketches in the book are contributed by the Tumbhi artist community.

On 12 July 2013, Tumbhi, along with AKFPL launched SHORTS through PVR Director's Rare. [6] SHORTS is an anthology of 5 accolade winning films starring Huma Qureshi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda, Vineet Singh. The film was well appreciated by medias like FirstPost, [7] Mid-Day [8] and more.

In August 2013, Tumbhi conducted a series of Photography Workshops with Vincent Versace, [9] a well-known Natural Light Photographer and Nikon Ambassador for USA.

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References

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  3. "Anurag Kashyap and team to make SIX short films for 'Tumbhi'" . Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  4. Tumbhi Launches Exclusive Website PRZoom
  5. Tumbhi Artists’ Community Creates ‘Ehsaas’- An eBook Of Love Poems by LightHouseInsights
  6. AKFPL & Tumbhi to release SHORTS on 12 July IndiaPRWire
  7. Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureishi steal the show in ‘Shorts’ FirstPost review of SHORTS
  8. It is a unique experiment, which deserves an applause Movie Review: SHORTS by Mid-Day
  9. Photographer Vincent Versace to visit India by Yahoo News